Consumers around the world are showing increased interest in contactless payments, with 75 percent of United Arab Emirates (UAE) consumers expressing trust for contactless cards and 82 percent trusting mobile wallets. The U.S. could be joining that trend, as consumers become more familiar with the...
Small and micro merchants that would otherwise have been priced out of the market by traditional, fixed POS systems have seen success with mPOS solutions. Their portability and low price points enable SMBs to participate in the commercial scene while presenting various payment options to...
A little under half of the American workforce is employed by small businesses, and the majority of those workers are employed by very small businesses – those with less than 100 workers. We’re celebrating those businesses this week in the U.S., both for the contributions...
Consumers want to be able to use their smartphones to scan or look products up and make payments — even when they are shopping at their neighborhood markets. Mobile point-of-sale (mPOS) solutions have emerged to help them do just that, enabling convenient and frictionless experiences at small to medium-size...
January 13, 2020
The mobile point of sale (mPOS) landscape got more interesting today (Jan. 12), as Samsung has unveiled its Galaxy XCover Pro, an enterprise-grade smartphone that comes pre-installed with Visa’s Tap to Phone app. Tap to Phone enables sellers with Android phones to accept contactless payments without the need for additional devices or peripherals. The evolution […]
July 09, 2019
Consumers around the world are showing increased interest in contactless payments, with 75 percent of United Arab Emirates (UAE) consumers expressing trust for contactless cards and 82 percent trusting mobile...
January 28, 2019
In November 2018, Mobeewave announced that it had closed a big Series B round. Led by NewAlpha Asset Management, Mastercard and Forestay Capital, the $16.5 million round was described by Benjamin du Haÿs,...
May 04, 2018
Mobile apps aren’t a panacea for banks in India, where in 2017, only 26 percent of consumers said they prefer using a mobile app rather than talking to a bank...
March 27, 2019
T-Mobile announced Wednesday (March 27) a new program geared toward businesses, removing some of the fees charged by other mobile point of sale providers. In a press release, T-Mobile said it is taking on Square and Clover with its GoPoint by T-Mobile for Business, a new mobile point of sale solution that offers free same-day […]
February 04, 2016
Square’s Apple Pay reader has come full circle to now be sold in Apple Stores. In November, the payments company — which made its name with a mobile credit card reader...
December 17, 2015
The latest addition to Verifone’s mobile point-of-sale solution offerings is keeping independent and micro-merchants in mind. Verifone said the durable and compact nature of its e265 mPOS terminal will enable merchants...
October 23, 2015
Former head of Google Wallet and longtime PayPal senior executive Osama Bedier is ready to bring the “world’s first smart terminal” to the mPOS landscape. These days, Bedier holds the...
